diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index efddbb1e0f..6a53d30cbc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven { url "http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release" }
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath('me.champeau.gradle:gradle-javadoc-hotfix-plugin:0.1')
+    }
+}
+
 apply plugin: 'base'
 
 description = 'Spring Security'
diff --git a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
index a255bb526d..21aec0db22 100644
--- a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
+++ b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'javadocHotfix'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.5